Steering device.



J. R. BUTTWEILER.

STEERING DEVICE. APPucmoM EiLED FEB. \0. \916.

Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

[ J i I y 2/ fljzzilwzz'fa' Inventor Witnesses Z I JOHN R. IBU'ITWEILEB. OF FEEEPOBT, MINNESOTA.

STEEBIN G DEVICE.

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Specification of Letten Patent. PutenfedJan, 16, 1911'.

Application filed February 10,1818. Serial No. 77,485.

To a whom i! may com-(7'1! ile it lumu'n that l. Joux R. Burro-mum. a eitizen of the l'uited States. residing at FI'UKPNN'L in the enmity l' Stearns and State of h innesnla. have invented a new and Imel'ul Steering Derive. of whirh the following: is n sperilieation.

It IS the ohjert of this inventi n to pruvide a novel hlll'llttlll't' whereby a braking pressure may he applied to the steering shaft of a. motor prulwlleil rehiele. therein to rouse the rotation of the saill'shnft to he emupnrntirel r ens) or relatively ilillirnit nfi uerasiun may dmmuul. it living: it matter well within the ltnmrledge of those skilled in'the art that. upon a rough road and under other eonditions it is dvsirnhhe that the steerin" wheel shall he umnipulahle with greater dit' lit-nit) than otherwise.

Atwthvr olijeel of the invention is to proville novel menus wherelrv surh a hralce Htrln'ture may he assemhled with a known form of nutomuhile. without working extensire. rhanpzes therein.

'ith the above and other oiljerts in view n-hieh will appear as the description proceeds. the invention resides in the eumlunation and arrangement of parts andiu the detnils of ronstrm-tion hereinafter desrrihed unil rlaimed.- it being understood that ehnuges in the prerise rinlmdiment of the invenlion herein (lisrluseil ran he made within the htfl'lt of n'hulin rluiuied. without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the :u'rompalrving tlt:l\\lIl{ "Z-ll; 'lllt' 1. shows in'top plan. a portion of the frame of a motor propelled rehirle. \vlu'ronuto the derive forming the suhjeet matter of this npplieation has heeu attached: Fig. 2 is an elevation wherein the derive forming the suhjevt umtlur of this applirntion appears applied to n portion of a motor propelled vehiele: Fig. 3 is an elevation of the strneturn forming' the suhjert matter of this applieatiou: Fig. -i is a top plan of the deriee as delineated in Fig. l: Fig.6 is a frag mental view Mllfllzll to Fig. 2. but showing a ali ht modiliration in the inreutiom n the aeizompanyiufz drawings. there upprnl'fl )air of side mm l ruuslituiiug a uu't. of t In chassis of "Junior promllerhveiclu. The front axle of the vehielo is shown at .3 alul rarries lnorahle axle ends .l; H" )portinp; ground wheels -I. To one of the sit e liar l of the rliush'lfi :1 tool plate 5 is at;- tachccl by means of m turing elements 6'. the

foot plate 7 being provided with n benrin 7 Hi which a steering shaft 8 is joul'nnle the shaft being provided at itsupper end with a wheel 1-2. Attached to the lower end of the steering shaft 8 is an arm 9 pivotnlly united with n runner-ting rod 10 pivoted to a rruss lmr 1i! u'hieh. in its turn is pivoted at its ends to extensions 14. constituting parts of the morahle axle ends 3.

The deseriptiou as thus far proceeded with sets forth a ronstrnctionconstituting a part of a Ford automobile. For the davirn above deserihed no novelty is'elair'ned,

saving in so far as it may cooperate with parts hereinafter set. forth. I

In earrying out the present invention there is provided a clamp including a bot;- tom memher in the form of a bar, provided \vith upstanding rods or nrms16,passing sllfltllll) through openings in a top memher or bar 17. 'lhreaded onto the upper ends of the arms 16 are nuts 18. Strong mmpression priugs 19 surround the arms In above the. top member 16, the upper ends of the eomp esqion spring 19 being engaged by the nuts 18. and the lower endsofl the eompression springs being engaged by the top member 17. A shoe 20 is secured toithe lower face of the top member 17 by means of Mun-hing elements 21. A shoe 22 is serured to the upper face of the bottom membut 15. The shoe Q2 andQO lie on opposita sides of the steering shaft 8 and are ooved to operate with-the steering shaft, t e'shoes' ordinarily carrying friction faeinga 23h eured to the top mohmber 17 of the chmp b the elements '21 is an extension or $111112.

A tube 25 is assembled .withthe bearing 7' and constitutes a means vvhei-ebyxoii he. delivered into the rin :to lubripn'te the steering shaft 8. aunt on-=tho tuh'o 25 i511 nipple 26 connecmdiw'ithnn oilcu 27. The extension arm- 94 l Y ed onto the tube 26 and mayho hldiiiiyplnpq bfy a single clamp nut-28, oiifdamn," i 1*? l0 wnin Fig. 5,. the extonsiomnead not bo threaded onto the tube'25,'bl1t' mny-be hold thereon by mama o'f oppogod: clamping nuts 29.

In practical operatio -innit 20 {and 22 etioperato to exert l v presquro on the. steering ahulft. 8,rthis,brnkmg pressure baing udjustod hy mtating tho;

nuts 19, so as to increnn'omdiminish-th e pressure. of the springs 19.,

An oil cup (not shown) ordinarilj iu w l sembled directly with the bearing 7, in an automobile of the type above described.

When the oil cup is removed, the tube is,

inserted into the bearing 7 in the place of the oil on the oil cup being mounted in the end 0 the tube, as hown at 27. Then, with the tube 25 is assembled the extension or arm 24, either after the showing of Fig. 2 or after the showing of Fig. 5.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that the present application discloses a means whereby a brake structure for the steering rod on a motor propelled vehicle may be connected with such a vehicle of standard and known form, without working extensive changes therein.

' Hnvin thus described the invention, what is cleime is:

In a motor propelled vehicle, axchussis; a

oundwheel assembled therewith; a bearmg carried by the chassis; ,a steering shaft journaled in the bearing; an o erntive connection between the steering siuft and the round wheel an oil tube carried by the curing and ischerging on the shaft; an arm secured to the tube and extended-longitudinall of the shaft; :1 top member secured to t e arm; a bottom member; shoes carried by the top and bottom members and engaging the steering shaft; rods secured to thebottom member and passing slidably through the top member; compression s rings on the rods and abuttin t 0 top member; and adjusting evices on the rods and engaging[ the springs.

In testimony that claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature 1n the presence of two witnewes.

JOHN R. BUTTWEILER. Witnesses: C. M. S'rnnmancx,

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